Kingston pair face felony charges after one leads police on chase

KINGSTON, N.Y. - A Kingston man was arrested Monday after leading police on a five-minute foot chase that ended near the Kingston Plaza shopping center, city police said Tuesday.

Scipio D. Dubois, 20, of 20 Henry St., was arrested at about 11:10 a.m. and charged with criminal contempt and criminal possession of stolen property, both felonies, and resisting arrest, a misdemeanor, police said.

Police said officers saw Dubois with Dorthea F. Parker, 25, of the same address, on Clinton Avenue near Albany Avenue, and knew that Dubois was under a court order to stay away from Parker. Officers also knew he was wanted on a warrant for endangering the welfare of a child, a misdemeanor, police said.

When officers approached Dubois, he ran off, police said, leading officers on a chase along Clinton Avenue before he was captured near Kingston Plaza, police said.

Both Dubois and Parker were accused of using a stolen credit card to make purchases. Police were able to identify Parker as a suspect by looking at at video taken of her using the stolen card, police said.